The "Mole Man of Hackney" was the nickname given to William Lyttle, an eccentric Irish civil engineer who spent roughly 40 years illegally digging a massive network of tunnels beneath his 20-room Victorian property in De Beauvoir Town, Hackney, London.
— Knowledge of London (@Knowledgepoint) June 14, 2026
The Digging Obsession… pic.twitter.com/uoCqe09S98
